Carl Franklin talks with Dave Rael about doing what you do best, being prepared for opportunity, and being bold awesome when executing / / Carl Franklin is Executive Vice President of App vNext (appvnext.com), a software consultancy focused on Internet of Things (IoT) and New User Interface (NUI) as well as web, mobile, cloud and desktop development. App vNext helps its customers build business value by architecting and developing complete systems that span every known development technology, language, and platform. Carl is also host of the ever-popular .NET Rocks! podcast (dotnetrocks.com), one of the first podcasts ever. Carl tweets @carlfranklin. Reach him by email at carl@appvnext.com. / / Resources: / GesturePak / Carl's Software Blog / Carl's Music Site / Carl's Studio / Carl's Podcast with Richard Campbell - NET Rocks! / Archos PC Stick / / Carl's book recommendation: / Code Complete - Steve McConnell / / Carl's top 3 tips for delivering more value: / 1. Don't worry about what you should be doing - do what works / 2. Keep it simple and ship the Miinmum Viable Product / 3. Security first